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Indian American composer Sophia J. Bass composed "Alaap in Raag Des" for solo bass. The work was commissioned by Bass Players for Black Composers (BPBC) - (04/2021 to (06/2021)​.

Black composer Anthony Lavelle Barfield wrote the three movement "Meditations" for trombone and piano for Joseph Alessi. Meditations was premiered at the 2007 Alessi seminar at the University of New Mexico. In this work, Barfield captures the minds…

Brazilian composer Marcos Balter composed "Ut" for solo viola.

Brazilian composer Marcos Balter composed "ignis fatuus" for solo violin. The work was premiered in June 2008 and was a semifinalist at the International Violin Competition, DePaul Concert Hall in Chicago, IL. Program notes, as included on the…

Brazilian composer Marcos Balter composed "Descent from Parnassus" for solo flute. As included in the comments of Claire Chase's performance at the Art Institute of Chicago: "The Art Institute of Chicago commissioned a new work for Chase in January…

Renée Baker, founding music director and conductor of the internationally acclaimed Chicago Modern Orchestra Project, has composed more than 2,000 works for ensembles, including numerous commissioned pieces for the Chicago Sinfonietta and the Chicago…

Black composer, conductor, and musician wrote the "Clarinet Sonata" in 1990. It was performed at the UBC Distinguished Artist Series in Canada. The Sonata is in three movements:

1. Blues
2. Loneliness
3. Dance

Black composer, conductor, and musician David Baker wrote this unaccompanied "Sonata for Cello" in 1990.

David Nathaniel Baker Jr. (December 21, 1931 – March 26, 2016) was an American jazz composer, conductor, and musician from Indianapolis, as well as a professor of jazz studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Baker is best known as…

This attractive wind quintet won its category in the Newly Published Music competition at the 2019 NFA and it's easy to see why. Unusually it tells a story: one of a country parson visiting a local fair where he encounters all manner of events. The…